If you’re training at a full gym with lots of equipment, you may see a rack full of weights that resemble barbells, except they’re shorter with several bends in the middle. This is called a curl bar — ...

I am a fan of the standard Olympic bar for lifting weights. Gyms wouldn’t be the same without them. Don’t get me wrong, machines are swell. But I prefer the feel of an old-fashioned barbell. The cold ...

Alan Ritchson is, of course, seriously jacked. To play Jack Reacher in the Reacher series, one non-negotiable expectation is that the American actor lives and breathes the gym. He packed on 13kg of ...